Creating Tag Labels

A tag label is a special kind of label that assigns a number to a curve, tangent, or spiral. Common examples are C1, S1, and L1 for a curve, spiral, or tangent, respectively. Tag labels can be created ahead of time if you know you’re going to use a table, or you can convert “regular” labels to tag labels on-the-fly. In fact, you can convert just a few of the labels to tag labels and use a combination of a table and in-place labels to convey alignment information. This is common in cases where certain segments of an alignment are too short to have a label fit on them nicely.

Complete the following steps to create tag labels in a drawing:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Tag Labels.dwg located in the Chapter 06 class data folder.

2. Click the Jordan Court alignment. Then click Add LabelsAdd Alignment Labels on the contextual ribbon tab.
3. In the Add Labels dialog box, select Multiple Segment as the Label type.
4. Verify that Circle Tag is selected for both Line label style and Curve label style.
5. Click Add, and then click anywhere on the Jordan Court alignment. As you can see in Figure 6.8, curve and line tag labels have been created, but the numbering is not what it should be. You will address this in the next exercise.

Figure 6.8  Curve tag labels on the Jordan Court alignment.

Using Tag Labels and Tables

• Creating Tag Labels
• Renumbering Tag Labels
• Creating Tables

Download Exercise File :

• C06 - Tag Labels and Tables - Metric     --- ( 3.17 MB )
• C06 - Tag Labels and Tables - Imperial  --- ( 2.69 MB )